Hoe attachment for rakes.



J. DALPAY.

HOE ATTACHMENT P oR RAKES.. APPLIOATION FLED SEPT. 30, 1908.

Patented June 1, 1909.

nuentor,

UNTTED y STATES 'PATENT oEEIoE.

JosEPH DALPAY, or NEWPORT, wAsH1NeToN. v` s,

HOE ATTACHMENT Fon RAKES.

lSpecificationV of Lett-ers I Patent.

Patented' June 1, 1909.

Application tied september ao, 190s. sriai No. 455,409.'

To all whom 'it may concern? l Be it known that I, JOSEPH DALPAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at' Newort, in the county of King and State of Vashington, have lnvented new and useful Im rovements inl- Hoe I.Attachments forl Ralies, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to hoe attachments .for rakes or the like, and has for an object to provide a device of thischaracter that can be conveniently and quickly attached to a rake at one .en d thereof, and which will effectively serve as means adapted for operation to remove weeds or the .like from the groundA during the raking process.

. A further object of this invention is to provide a device 'of the above described character that can be applied toall vforms of rakes- Without changlng or. injuring the same. s

Other objects and advantages will be ap- Y parent las the nature of the invention is better set forth, and it will be understood that "changes within the scope of the claim may be other in the ordinary ihanner.

resorted to without departing from. the spirit ofthe lnvention.

' a Inthe drawing, forming a portioii'of this specicat'on and in which like numerals .of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,-Figure 1 is a rear view of a rake showmg the a plicatlon of the present mventlon y Witnesses:

to conform to the curvature of the teeth carried by the head 2. Upon reference to the drawing it will be seen that the hoe attachment is 'located at oneend of the rake andis preferably provided with-a blade portion 8 aving a beveled cuttin edge 9, and at the up .er endthe said bla e ortion has integra ly formed 'therewith a ateral extension 10 having its ,termin al end looped around one of the intermediate teeth 4,.as shown at 11 in has projecting therefrom eye members 12 and 13 which are engaged Withone of the end teeth 3, as shown. It will be seen that the said hoe attachment is constructed in a manner so that it can be convenientlyand elicot- Fig. 1 ofthe drawing. `The'-blade portion '8 ively engaged with the'teeth of the rake in a manner'to-"expose the cutting edge 9.

the end of the rake it will beseen that a double operation may be performed while an o erator is in the field or raking a lawn or the lilie and the inconvenience of carrying a hoe Will be eliminated.

, The device as shown, may beconstructed.

y. -60 'By the provision of the hoe attachment at from sheet steel er like metal and applied to well known forms of rakes without changing or injuring the same. i

' Having thus described the invention what Iclaim.is:- A device of the class described comprising -a blade having a. cutting edge, tooth-engag- -ing means carried by the blade, and a' lateral extension formed integral -with the blade-and adapted to be secured to a raketooth.

whereof I affix my slgnature `in presence of two witnesses.

' In testimony JosErfEDALPAYQ W. B. PUTNAM, G. F. MOLAUGELIN., 

